William Chen
Managing Partner @ ClearVue Partners
Shanghai, China
William Chen is a Series B investor at ClearVue Partners in Shanghai focused on Pet and SaaS. Will is a Founding Managing Partner of ClearVue Partners, a private equity firm focused on the consumer sector in China. He was previously a Managing Partner at DT Capital Partners. Will was Founder and CEO of Accelergy Corporation, an R&D technology company that develops advanced materials for alternative energy applications with operationsin the US and Shanghai, China. Prior to Accelergy, Will was Founder and CEO of OnePage, Inc. an enterprise software company that developed a suite of portal products and management tools for the corporate market. OnePage was acquired by Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY) in 2002 and its technology infrastructure is the platform for the Sybase Enterprise Portal.Before starting OnePage, Will was one of the Founders of Billpoint, Inc., which pioneered the concept of online person to person payments. Billpoint became the leading provider of person to person payment services on the Internet and was acquired by eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) in 1999 as a payment solution for their online auction marketplace. He has also been in management positions for Excite and Classifieds2000 (acquired by Excite in 1998), Andersen Consulting Strategic Services (Accenture), and IBM.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries William Chen invests in
Stages William Chen invests in
Countries William Chen invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Pet 1 (25%)
- SaaS 1 (25%)
- Beauty 1 (25%)
- Gaming 1 (25%)
- Internet 1 (25%)
Stage
- Series B 3 (75%)
- Series A 1 (25%)
Investments
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BUD
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Founded in 2019 by former Snap engineers, Risa Feng and Shawn Lin, Singapore-headquartered BUD is building a user-generated open metaverse gaming platform that connects millions of virtual worlds created by our community, made up of 9 million creators. Since its global launch in November 2021, BUD skyrocketed to the list of top 10 social apps inmore than 38 countries around the world including North America, Southeast Asia and South America. Millions of 3D content has been created and traded on the platform. BUD has become a digital social hub where millions of people come to create, play and hangout. | $37M / Series B / May 23, 2022 | |
VETRESKA
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VETRESKA offers pet supplies, accessories and food. | Series B / Dec 16, 2020 | |
QuanCheng
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Founded in November 2013, QuanCheng is a SaaS corporate expense management startup, specializing in corporate expense management and vendor management. Zhenghecixi Capital (正和磁系资本),a venture capital founded by top-tier Chinese entrepreneurs was an early investor. QuanCheng’s business covers 50 tierone and tier twoChinese cities.With its headquarters in Shanghai, the company has offices in 17 Chinese cities includingBeijing, Guangzhou,Shenzhen, and Wuhan. | $30M / Series B / Jan 07, 2016 | |
Lumi Shanghai
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Shanghai Lumi Information Technology Limited Company (Lumi胶原蛋白/禄美) is dedicated to research and development of beauty and health series products. Lumi is mainly engaged in the R&D, brand building, and market promotion of brand cosmetology and health products, and it is a matchless brand of collagen protein in the domestic industry.Lumi owns its market by new marketing modes, which now possesses a self-constructed call center with over a 100people and plans to extend the number to more than 200 people within the year. | Series A / Nov 01, 2012 |
Co-Investors
About ClearVue Partners
ClearVue Partners is a private equity firm that provides growth capital, typically in the range of $5 to $30 Million, to expansion-stage companies in the fast-growing consumer sector in Greater China, with an emphasis on the food & beverage, consumer lifestyle, and internet/mobile sub-sectors. It targets growth-stage investments infast-growing and promising local companies, enables market entry for leading international consumer brands into China, and develops top-tier brands and businesses.The ClearVue investment team has over 60 years of combined experience directly in the consumer industry, across Asia and the US.
ClearVue Partners Contacts
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Harry C Hui
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What does William Chen invest in?
William Chen invests primarily in Pet, SaaS and Beauty startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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